>> charlie and the gang coming up next. enjoy that sunrise. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday august 6th, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." the state department warns americans in yemen, leave now. the u.s. launches a drone strike against al qaeda suspects. minutes ago we learned former president george w. bush had a surprise heart procedure today. >> alex rodriguez says he's fighting for his life after baseball suspends him for over 200 games. today's eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> i'm fighting for my life. i have to defend myself. if i don't defend myself nobody

else will. >> alex rodriguez battles doping rule. >> following his 211 suspension he could be playing the rest of the season. >> rodriguez and 12 other big leaguers were punished following investigation into the performance enhancing drugs. president george w. bush had a stint to open blockage in his heart. >> pennsylvania man fired up to 10 shots at a town hall meeting killing three people. >> spectaculared gunman tackled by someone at the meeting. he's now in police custody. >> u.s. state department ordered the evacuation of all nonmerge government workers from yemen due to threats. >> intercepted electronic communication prompted closure of nearly two dozen diplomatic posts. >> the message from al zawahiri said do something, do it big. >> trial for ft. hood shooter major hassan is due to begin today. >> now speak to the gunman

chosen to represent himself. >> a fast-moving wildfire threatened homes in southern california. many are still under evacuation this morning. >> terrifying in boston. >> swerved in front of a delivery truck. the driver was not seriously injured. >> a russian police officer pulls him over and winds up on the hood of the speeding car. the driver was tracked down and arrested. >> all that matters. >> worried about al qaeda and anywhere they are in the world. >> now we know americans just need to avoid this area. >> on "cbs this morning." >> at some point we'll sit in front of an arbiter and give our case. >> anthony weiner was like, man, some people just don't know when to quit. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning. there is a lot of news. >> there's a lot of news.

good morning to you. >> we begin with this. state department urging americans to leave yemen immediately. u.s. embassy being evacuated. terror threat level is extremely high. britain is also evacuating its embassy. >> 19 u.s. embassies and consulates in the middle east and africa are closed until saturday. u.s. taking action at home and abroad to address the threat. bob orr in washington with new information. bob, good morning. >> good morning. the u.s. is moving now on multiple front. overnight a drone strike killed four suspected militants in yemen. at the same time intelligence analysts working around the clock pressing for details about the potential threat and new defense measures put in place. security tightened around new york city landmarks and at some of the nation's airports. overseas officials are on guard for potential truck bombs that could be used against large buildings like embassies. sources say the threat emerged last week when intelligence

analysts intercepted communication between ayman al zawahiri and al wuhayshi, the leader in the peninsula. according to sources, urged to step up against u.s. targets vaguely urging something big. communications had a sense of urgery. the one-time personal secretary to osama bin laden runs the yemen-based branch of al qaeda. his group, aqap has proven to be the most aggressive in plotting against american targets. they are home to an explosives expert who targeted u.s.-bound airplanes with bombs hidden inside underwear and computer printers. aqap has been hit hard by sveral u.s. drone strikes, one of which killed their deputy commander earlier this year. still officials warn aqap remains dangerous and capable of inflicting serious damage. on monday the white house with

this message. >> we believe it's significant and we are taking it seriously for that reason. >> reporter: the intelligence remains incomplete. u.s. officials stunned at the veteran al qaeda leaders openly discuss possible plots but they still can't say where, when or how an attack will be carried out. counter-terrorism official phil mudd said publicity around the threat could delay potential attacks. >> people who take the step to contemplate the murder of innocents for political cause don't turn back. if we don't take them off the battlefield whoever they are, they will come back. >> as we mentioned intelligence is still vague. we don't know key things, where, when, how of the attack. officials are frustrated the media reporting intercepted communications of top al qaeda leaders. the worry in this case is that now communications will stop shutting down a key source of inside information. norah, charlie. >> thanks, bob. we just received word former president george w. bush is in the hospital.

the spokesman said he had a stint to open a block in the heart. doctors say no complications and expect to send him home tomorrow. it was found yesterday during the yearly exam. the former president described as being in high spirits. new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez is defiant. he's accused of taking part in baseball's most extensive doping scandal. he will be allowed to play during his appeal. twelve other players accepted a 50-game suspension for their involvement. >> don dahler outside the field in chicago. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. alex rodriguez was in pinstripes batting clean up and playing third base. even though a game was going on, it seemed the farthest thing

from anybody's mind. a steady stream of boos greeted alex rodriguez as he stepped up to the plate. with all eyes on the embattled yankee slugger, he managed one just short of the left fielder's glove. his return against chicago white sox came on the same day major league baseball banned him through the 2014 season for his alleged involvement in the biggest doping scandal ever. >> the last seven months has been a nightmare. it's been probably the worst time of my life for sure. >> in a statement major league baseball said the stiff penalty was based on rodriguez's use and possession of numerous forms of performance enhancing substances and attempting to cover up his violations. before taking the field the three-time mvp didn't deny the charges but refused to back down. >> i've had two hip surgeries,

two knee surgeries. i'm fighting for my life. i have to defend myself. if i don't defend myself, no one else will. >> the suspension could cost the game's highest paid players as much as $34 million and his legacy as one of baseball's greats. fans turned out ahead of the game though many had mixed emotions about the suspension. >> i think it was a little too much. he's never been found guilty. >> the bottom line, if you cheat, you deserve to be punished in some way. you know, i think he's lucky right now they are not trying to force a lifetime ban on him. >> back on the field, the 38-year-old went one-for-four during the game handling a few grounders at third but it wasn't enough for a win. >> it was fun to go out there and play the game again. it was a tough game for us for sure. i just hope that there's a happy

ending somewhere in there. >> reporter: the head of the players' association said this could take as long as november or december for a decision to come down. under the collective bargaining agreement between the league and players association, a-rod is allowed to play during that time. we may be seeing him play throughout the remainder of the season. charlie, norah. >> don, thank you. the spendings are the most sweeping punishment in baseball since the 1919 white sox were accused of throwing the world series. john from cbssports.com is with us, also a baseball insider. welcome. >> thank you. >> how voluminous is the evidence against him so he got a much more severe sentence than others. >> we think it's pretty extensive. they haven't laid out the entire case. the suggestion is he took steroids and hgh in multiple years, 2010, 2011, and 2012. there's also concern that he was kind of a ringleader here.

a lot of these other fellows who have already pleaded guilty, if you will, are friends of his, ex-yankees, people from miami who hung out with him. there's also the suggestion he may have obstructed the investigation. i'm not sure that part can be proved but i think baseball feels he tried to buy the documents. whether that means he's obstructing the investigation, we're not sure yet but multiple years, multiple violations. and the fact is in 2009 when he admitted, he said judge me from this day forward. they are galled by the fact every year since then he's taken part in this. >> the argument is the penalty is worse than others. does he acknowledge anything? >> so far he hasn't really acknowledged anything. the executive director of the players association said the penalties are too harsh. they didn't say he's innocent. they didn't say he's guilty. at this point, i think his case, from what i hear, is he deserves

less than brawn, ryan braun, the slugger got a 65-game suspension. he had a failed test last year. alex's case is he never failed a test, never been suspended. the harshest penalty to this date has been 100 games from a gentleman who failed multiple tests. he's going to say he didn't fail any tests, he deserves less than braun. >> will we look at this day as the day that mlb killed steroid use. >> that's the hope. there's always players that try to gain the system. i think that's human nature. i think mlb did a terrific job with a four-month investigation. they got 13 guys to agree to these suspensions without one failed test, so that's pretty remarkable. >> all right, john. thank you. charlie, i don't think we've seen the end of the case again, a-rod. we'll see more on this. and a deadly shooting rampage at a town meeting in northeast pennsylvania. a gunman barged in and began firing at random.

jenn bernstein of our philadelphia station is at the scene in ross township in the poconos. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. there were 18 people inside at least of the municipal building where it happened. we're told they were just wrapping up their monthly meeting when suddenly they found themselves under attack. the shots rang out shortly before 7:30 monday evening in ross township two hours north of philadelphia. >> at this time if you could just stand by with radio transmission we have active shooter in ross township. >> witnesses say a gunman shot through the walls out a municipal building there before barging inside and firing randomly into a meeting of resident in town leaders. a firsthand account of the incident posted online by pocono record reporter chris reber

reads i saw smock plaster flying out, blowing through the walls. i heard more than 10 shots. it was automatic, like a string of fireworks. it just wasn't reality. all i could think was it wasn't happening to me. state police have identified the shooter at 59-year-old rockne newell, a junk collector who authorities claim had been in an ongoing dispute with ross township for failing to clean up his property. >> i'm not sure if he personally knew the individuals killed tonight. one of them is in an official capacity with the township, so you would assume he did know them but i don't know that to be a fact. >> newel was eventually brought down and shot when a local official at the meeting tackled him to the ground. newell was treated for his wound and is now in police custody. charlie and norah. >> a global computer system failed creating headaches for flyers around the world. the saber reservation system used by hundreds of airlines and airports went down three hours monday. it's back up but delays remain.

cbs peter greenberg is with us from san diego. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> the impact, how big is it? >> pretty big. you lose a system like this, airlines around the world you lose tracking inform ii listing of making, tracking of flights themselves. there's very little manual override except to handwriting tickets but depends on the airline having a record of the reservation. >> how many people will it affect? >> it affected thousands to begin with but the system started to come back. i the ripple effect you have to worry about. for every flight affected, you're affecting four flights. in u.s. 10 airlines affected, american, united, frontier, british airlines, qantas to name a few. >> what can they do.

>> print a copy of the reservation information and if you're lucky a printed copy of the boarding pass the night before. without that the airline may not have a record you exist. the good news is the system is starting to come back. proof positive if you don't have a printed record, you're not going anywhere. >> thank you. court-martial of army major nadal hasan begins in ft. hood, texas. hassan is representing him. that means he will be able to question survivors of the attack in court. sergeant alonzo lunsford has endured nine operations and lost sight in his left eye. he spoke with our own anna w werner. >> what do you think will be the most difficult part of being there in the courtroom. >> being in front of a man that not only tried to kill me once but seven times. >> what is justice to you in

this case? >> in a perfect world, an eye for an eye. let him be judged by the law would definitely be by stoning. if that's the case, let each one of us have a chance to give it the old american pitch. >> hassan could face the death penalty if convicted. >> the fate of reputed mobster whitey bulger is about to go to the jury. a prosecutor called bulger one of the most vicious, violent and calculating criminals ever to walk the streets of boston. cbs analyst ricky kleeman in boston. >> what is the defense hoping for? >> the defense is asking for their kind of justice. they appeal to patriotism of the jurors. they told the jurors to have the courage to take their oath seriously, to stand up to government abuse and they attacked the government for

corruption, of course, that we have heard about the fbi. what they are really asking for is jury nullification. >> what was his demeanor like in court? >> bizarre. he does that writing, writing, writing thing he does. instead of watching and listening to his own lawyers, he just kept writing. i've come to the conclusion if it's not a memoir, it may be a "bucket list" of people he wants to get even with. it was just so strange. >> when you watch this every day, do you expect any surprises now? >> i don't expect surprises, charlie. i do have to say the government really, really came to the forward place yesterday. the prosecutor in his rebuttal closing argument saying lets get back to reality here that this is not about people selling their testimony. and i finally understood in these important closing arguments why the deals were cut

with these reprehensible co-conspirators. if they never came forward, they would have had no way to know about many of these murders. they were cold cases, no one knew who did them. >> we'll be watching. thank you. >> iran's new president said this morning the country is ready for meaningful talks about its nuclear program. he told reporters he's seriously determined to resolve the disut with the west. he says a solution can be reached through talks not threats. he's confident concern on both sides can be removed in a short time. elizabeth palmer asked rowhani about a possible meeting with president obama. >> good afternoon, mr. president. would you like to meet president obama when you travel to new york in september? and do you see any prospect of direct talks with the american administration during your term in office? >> the new president said his

visit to new york is being used into. he comes here perhaps in september for the united nations. >> following a wildfire burning in the mountains east of los angeles, about 100 homes around lake elsinore have been evacuated. police say the fire is a threat to the town of lakeland village. more than 11,000 people live there. >> it is time to show you headlines from around the globe. "usa today" says mirls could be forced to mama'sive troop cuts. a study says it could result in troop levels not seen since 1940s. troop security outside of airports, music festivals, rodeos, train terminals. agents who stop and surge people away from the airport may violate the constitution. nascar champ tony stewart broke his right leg after a crash at southern iowa speedway. got caught up in a four-car

and good morning. we look at ocean beach in san francisco. we're saying the same conditions prevail from there all the way to livermore this morning. low overcast and forecast highs that are well-off our average for this time in august. today in santa rosa, 70 degrees. 72 in san rafael. 61 in the city and 65 in oakland. as we look ahead, things actually continue to cool between now and friday. we'll finally begin to it up by the weekend. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by hilton honors, any weekend, anywhere sale. visit hilton weekend.com.

major tv projects about hillary clinton are in the wor >> major tv projects about hillary clinton in the works and republicans not happy about it. >> charlie and norah we'll show you why the rnc is threatening to ban two networks of showing some of the most important moments in the next race for the white house. >> plus the new must have for billionaires, owning a newspaper. why are some of the wealthiest people in the country putting their money in a struggling industry? one year, thousands of pictures. the amazing find from the mars curiosity rover. the news is back in the morning here on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by choice hotels, the official hotel of summer. book direct at choicehotels.com.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 7:26. get you updated obey area headlines on tuesday morning. they are still looking for a cause at the fire at the presidio. burned a few acres. it is contained and nobody was hurt. could be a strike against ac transit tomorrow. want a bigger raise and don't want to pay more for health coverage. the contract will run out at the end of june. and chevron plans to plead no contest to 6 misdemeanor charges from the refinery fire that happened one year ago today. the plea will mean $2 million in fines. traffic and your weather too coming up right after the break. ,,

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♪ before we left last week, we discussed how >> we discussed how ridiculous it was 2016 presidential election speculation had already begun. could it be hillary clinton? probably? could it be chris christie? possibly. could it be rand paul? absolutely not. frankly the republicans are going to have something pretty special up their sleeve if they are going to top what they did last time. >> donald trump is again considering a run in 2016. >> do it. just do it. do it. i will personally -- >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, after years of cutbacks and closings, newspapers are suddenly hot again. why are billionaires rushing to buy some of the biggest names in

print. veteran media watcher ken ar let, a looks what it means. >> after the wildfire, they are not keeping the promise to families. >> 2016, already the republicans are claiming media bias. the chairman of the rnc is threatening to block debates from airing on two major television networks. both working on programs about the former secretary of state. jan crawford in washington. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. good morning, norah. the chairman of the republican party tells cbs news it's about standing up to the left wing media, always stacking the deck against republicans. we know that's a message that's going to resonate with conservatives. it's also about hillary clinton, this powerful woman who many democrats hope will step into the race and stop the gop from winning back the white house.

diane lane will bring the glitz and glamour of hollywood when she plays former secretary of state hillary clinton in a miniseries on nbc. cnn is working on its own clinton project, a documentary on the potential presidential candidate. >> i think it's unfair. >> reporter: on monday republican party chair reince priebus fired off letters to nbc and cnn calling each movie a thinly veiled attempt to influence the 2016 election. priebus i should a warning, stop production or be cut off from hosting a gop primary debate. >> this is what the networks want to do in promoting one person who might be running for president, then you're not going to be hosting debates and deposing the candidates running for president in 2016 on the republican side of the aisle. >> cnn addressed the standoff on air. >> we would encourage the members of the republican national committee to reserve judgment until they know more.

>> reporter: nbc entertainment reviews the comment but nbc news said it's completely independent and has no involvement in this project. their speculation is a way for republicans to reduce the number of primary debates. they held 20 before the 2012 election. even party insiders argue it was too many. >> i have put my 999 plan on the table. >> they gave secondary candidates an opportunity to steal the spotlight and a chance to stumble. >> he would do away with education, commerce, the third one, i can't. i'm sorry. >> reporter: priebus denies it has nothing to do with limiting debates. >> we can have a zillion debates. just because nbc and cnn isn't part of it doesn't mean you'll have fewer debates. >> critics are calling the move a publicity stunt saying they are trying to rally the republican base and raise money for people who don't like hillary clinton. we asked if he expects money to

roll in because of this. he had a pretty short answer. no. >> all right. jan crawford, thank you. "the washington post" is marking the end of an era. the graham family, which has owned the post for four generations has agreed to sell the newspaper. the buyer is jeff bezos of amazon.com. tells the paper how quickly it came about. >> jeff reached out to me about a month ago. we met at a conference face-to-face twice in the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers. we spent another two hours together. at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead. obviously he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. and then we quickly reached a deal. >> bezos will pay $250 million

in cash for "the washington post." the announcement comes on the heels of the boston globe sale to john henry. that deal worth $70 million. covering the media industry for two decades, welcome. this came about at a conference. how did it come about? >> the post, this great newspaper owned by the graham family, started by eugene meyers, come to this. >> it's lost money each of the last three years. it's circulation is half of what it was in 1973. it's a paper like all newspapers that's going through tremendous decline. what don graham said in the statement, if you're looking for preserve the paper and make it healthy, you take a bet on someone who has got unlimited amount of money and actually a guy in the digital world, that really knows that world. that's the world newspapers are moving to. >> those of us in this industry who love the news, a tweet came

out and said, stand by for big news from the "washington post." everyone thought, what, then announced they were being bought by jeff bezos of amazon fame. they said, what? then people looked at it and said this is kind of interesting. jeff bezos made amazon a blockbuster after investing in his garage a little money. he's very smart. what does he want this paper for? >> i'm not certain of that. the only other journalistic adventure he's invested in, business insider, he invested $5 million in earlier this year. he's shown no inclination. >> he has tried to do stuff with newspapers on kindle. >> don graham said he talked to him about that. you can imagine bezos saying, what can i do? i've been a disruptive force in the book publishing business, retail, food business, what can i do in the newspaper business to make it viable?

i can imagine on the kindle, this kindle with millions of owners, making it free for "the washington post." >> boston globe, you have "the washington post." can "the new york times" be far behind? >> well, they have always resisted. they are the last great family-owned newspaper and they derive their identity, as graham said from the "new york times," "washington post." they have always said, no, they are not interested. but i would keep my eye on that. the family has not received -- "the new york times" family has not received dividends in four years. >> if the buyer had as much money as jeff bezos. >> it's pocket change. you can folly good about it. also something bezos has interests in washington, patent law, antitrust law, taxes. >> a powerful vehicle for that. >> potentially that's the danger, though. that's the downside of this. >> editorial pages. >> but the question is, the readers reading the paper and he

says does this story serve the interests of jeff bezos and amazon or my interest as a reader. same in boston, suddenly sports writers for the boston globe are covering boston red sox. >> we should note, this is not owned by amazon but privately by jeff bezos. >> jeff bezos calls someone from amazon and says what do you think about putting "the washington post" on kindle. >> great to see you, ken. not bad when you talk about $250 million being pocket change. it's the spacecraft making nasa cool again. show you what the rover came up with a year after landing on the red planet ahead. later this morning, he took 50,000 pictures of a revolution. has he captured the civil rights struggle? that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning." ghts struggle. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning." ♪ it took years to build this business.

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today in arizona, governor jan brewer is expected to ask president obama about the status of a federal disaster declaration. it would help people who lost homes and businesses in a massive wildfire five weeks ago. >> 19 firefighters died in that disaster but not all of their families are receiving the same compensation. one of the widows spoke to carter evans. >> the fire that scorched more than 8,000 acres in yarnell, arizona, took the lives of 19 granite mountain hotshots and devastated the families they left behind. >> how many days? >> reporter: julianne ashcraft is now raising four young children without her husband andrew. >> as shocked as i was that my husband went to work and never came home, i'm equally shocked at how the city has treated our family since then. >> reporter: the city insisted that they would be taken care of. >> right. well we are taken care of by the

community of prescott. the citizens of prescott have been remarkable. but the employer, which is the city officials of prescott, i have been shocked. >> reporter: families of all 19 hotshots will receive benefits, including workers compensation, and a one-time federal payment of $328,000. but the city only classified six hotshots as full-time. their families are also entitled to lifetime salaries and health benefits worth millions more. andrew ashcraft was not one of those six. but the local firefighters union says because he worked 40 hours a week for more than a year, his family should receive full benefits. we also obtained documents that show ashcraft recently received a raise to just over $15 an hour. that's higher than the maximum pay for seasonal workers. julianne ashcraft says she and her husband were led to believe the benefits were coming. >> the supervisor and the

captain would say to us, we've submitted this to the city manager, we're waiting to hear back. i don't understand why the benefits package isn't opened. so to me, it was just a paperwork issue and a work in progress. and now i can't even get their word for it, because they perished, as well. >> city officials declined our multiple requests for an interview but they sent us this statement saying the city has fully complied with all of the laws and employment policies that direct survivor benefits. >> i have tried throughout all of this to maybe understand the city's perspective. i tried to understand how they are justifying the behavior. and i just simply can't understand it. i love you. i don't even know what life means my 5-year, 10-year, 15-year plan, my retirement plan, my growing old with someone plan all died with him that day. >> now her new life plan may begin with a lawsuit against the city. for cbs "this morning" carter evans, prescott, arizona. >> you know, charlie, the city of prescott has now sked i'lled

a news conference tomorrow to talk about this. they're going to say they plan to provide, quote, an update on issues related to the granite mountain hotshots but it seems tough. he was working 40 hours a week. she doesn't get the same compensation. and she's got four young kids. >> and she's remarkably articulate in terms of expressing what had to be the most devastating thing to ever happen to her. go she's been on our show before. so we'll be good morning. we're saying the same conditions this morning. low over cast and forecast highs that are well off the average for this time of august. today it's 70 degrees and only 73 in san ho say. as we look ahead things continue to cool between now and friday, but we will finally begin to warm it up in the mid- 80s by the weekend.

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♪ [ music ]♪ this is a kpix 5 morning news update. good morning it's 7:56. let's get you updated on the head lines. there could be a strick in the bay area by this time tomorrow the union is represented 1800 workers issued a strike notice, so the workers will walk off the job a minute after midnight early tomorrow morning. ac serves two counties. a former san francisco politician is back in town after spending five years in federal prison. he is now living at a half way house. the fbi raided the offices and businesses and homes back in 2007. prosecutors said that they had video of him expecting $40,000

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. . . good morning, charlie. good morning, everybody. it is 8:00 a.m. in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the u.s. tells american citizens to get out of yemen. it is the newest fallout from an al qaeda terror threat home prices surge as president obama offers new help for people looking to buy. major garrett previews the president's trip to arizona. hugh lawyeurie is in studio 57. the u.s. moving on multiple fronts. a drone strike killed four suspected al qaeda militant the u.s. is taking action at home and abroad. >> the state department is urging america to leave yemen,

immediately. former president, george w. bush is in a dallas hospital. he had a stint inplanted this morning to open a blocked artery in his heart. >> alex rodriguez batting cleanup and playing third base. >> rodriguez is defiant. he says he is going to fight a 211-game suspension. >> they were just wrapping up their monthly meeting when suddenly they found themselves under attack a wild fire burning in the mountains east of los angeles. about 100 homes around lake elsinore evacuated. >> very little manual override but to hand write tickets. >> major tv programs about hillary clinton are in the works and republicans are not happy about it. >> we have to control the referees. i can't trust the organizations. >> you are looking to preserve the paper and make it healthy. you take a bet on someone who has gotten unlimited amount of

money. >> alex rodriguez has been suspended for 211 games. so if you are familiar with the major league baseball schedule, that means he will be out for about a month. jor league baseball schedule that means he'll be out for about a month. [ laughter ] ♪ >> i i'm charlie rose with norah o'donnell. gayle king is off. the state department is taking new precautions over reported all qaeda terror threat. all americans in yemen except for essential personnel are being urged to leave the country. >> the embassy is one of 19 closed. britain evacuated its embassy staff in yemen. all happening after a u.s. drone killed four al qaeda suspects there. bob is in washington with new details these quick-moving developments you are talking about underscore that yemen is the most likely target of any potential attack. that makes a lot of sense because, yemen, as you know, is home to al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula. fighters, bombers and terror commander's are already there. with intelligence still vague, it is also pop the aqap could strike somewhere outside the country. this surfaced when they intercepted communications between zawahiri and na sar test t d of strike and sunday, august 4th was mentioned as a date. officials caution, the threat is not over. operatives have been caught but the plot has not been disrupted. >> bob orr, thank you. charlie, it is interesting. i know u.s. intelligence actions agencies are worried about that. they can still track it.

you would think with everything that's taken place, that is the last thing he would want to do. the u.s. housing market is getting stronger. home prices in june jumped nearly 12% compared to the same time last year. the biggest increases happened in nevada, california, wyoming, and arizona. president obama is getting ready to pitch his plan to help home buyers. major garrett is at the white house, what does this mean? >> good morning, norah and charlie. statistics indicate the u.s. housing market is rebounding but in places like phoenix. doesn't always mean individual home buyers are driving that resurgence. in some places, institutional buyers are buying distressed properties and reselling or renting them out. that's worth remembering. during the great recession, american homeowners lost trillions of dollars in equity

when housing collapsed. the president is bringing a complicated housing message to phoenix and the rest of the country. what he wants to do, in can dta with congress, provide $3,000 a year in aid for home acquisition and reducing the red tape and the role that fannie mae and freddie mac play in future home acquisition. some of these ideas have been resisted in congress. the idea of reducing the government's role, fannie mae and freddie mac in the private real estate market is one that has bipartisan support and may be passed major league baseball is suspended alex rodriguez for 211 games. his pun itishment is four times greater than the other players. he will continue to play while it is appealed. he spoke last night as he played his first game of the year for the yankees. >> the last seven months has

been a nightmare. probably the worst time of my life, for sure. i have had two hip surgeries, two knee surgeries. i'm fighting for my life. i have to defend myself. if i don't defend myself, no one else will. >> an arbitrator will hear the appeal. his decision is not expected until after the baseball season is over a new warning for older women that take a common blood pressure medication, blood pressure medications such as car cardizan and norvasc may have a higher incidence of breast cancer. in 2012, republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, had trouble with voters. the television hosts told twice as many jokes as romney as they

did president obama. last year's election winner is this year's punch line. >> president obama, he celebrated his 52nd second birthday. >> you can tell he is getting older because you no longer supports president obama. on the late night comedy circuit, a faltering presidential approval rating can be tv's gold. >> i will tell you how bad it is looking. people in kenya are saying, he is 100% american. >> a new study found that since his re-election, late night comedians have aimed nearly 300 jokes at the president, 100 fewer than all directed at republican politicians combined. it is not unusual for the commander in chief to become comic fodder. robe robert lichter explains that romney was a new figure and a fresh face to make fun of. now, we are back to the

president being the number one politician. the number one politician is the number one joke getter. >> reporter: the president isn't alone in feeling the heat. this year, his democratic counterparts were roasted nearly double the amount of their opponents across the i'll. >> some republicans are saying that due to these current scandals, president obama should be impeached. in response, obama said two words, fellows, president biden. the late night circuit can be as valuable as eadvice serrating. as a candidate, bill clinton blew some voters away on the arsenial hall show in the late '90s. >> the idea of going into the lion's denshoi showing people t you don't mind being laughed at. it makes you seem like a regular

guy. >> on tuesday, the president will return to the late night circuit since a slew of scandals hit his administration. >> frankly, i don't buy it. >> instead of being in on the jokes, he will likely have to endure him. >> for his birthday, michelle obama jumped out of a cake and told him, he is not allowed to have any. >> the president will have to prove whether not only he can make a joke but take one as well. >> jeff pegues, washington. >> the president already knows that. haes been through two national ,

preet bharara has been called the new sheriff of wall street. we'll talk with the u.s. attorney in his first interview since charging a leading hedge fund with insider trading. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." preet barra ahas been called the new head of wall street. that's ahead this morning. morning." ♪ taking care of business working overtime ♪

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rethink possible. n a san good morning everyone. happy tuesday. let's get you caught up. watching for some hot spots in a seminary firefighters stood among the too many stones. the fire burned up to 4 acres in and around the san francisco national seminary. it's 100% contained. transit is offering a 9% raise over the next three years and the workers want moriche to 10% 10 and a quarter% raises and resisting changes to it's

medical cost. governor brown ordered and now the union are preparing for that this week. the board of ininquiry and he may then order a 60 day cooling or off period. thank and and weather for your tuesday coming up right after the break. om vo)s why i got a subaru. i just pulled up. he did what now? no he's never done that before! oh really? i might have some clothes in the car.

a series of stalls this morning i think we counted three. messed up the commute so jammed solid east of the and checking our traffic maps some of these back ups as well. all the way down past the berkley exit. a new accident is northbound 101. one lane is blocked. that's traffic. here's brian. >> thank you starting off for some fog and mist as we look from oakland towards san francisco. it'll do that for the next couple of hours and sun spreading back. we are beginning with readings mostly in the mid 50s about where we've been but 61 in the city. hey, the look ahead shows things warming up but we're going to have to wait until

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, hugh laurie kept the viewers glued to "house" for eight seasons, but believe it or not, his first love is music. this morning, he tells us about his new album and why he add choirs american blues. well, some of f the m most fashionablble eyeyeglasses y yo place. the

wedding by a year so logan could be there. his mother called it a dream come true. charlie, she said on a page, he is with the angels now and he is no more pain. very sad story. "usa today" looks at lady gaga, she's using twitter to speak out. the law that bans so-called propaganda, gaga could face charges over comments she made in russia at a concert there. research shows that chelsea clinton is up for public office. the former first daughter has made a conscious attempt to lead a more public life. clinton says she wants to make a difference. >> "the guardian" said

scientists in the netherlands have created the world's first artificial meat burger. they grew the meat in a lab with stem cells taken from cow shoulders. the idea is to alleviate the environmental damage caused by meat production. it took five years and $330,000 to make. but it is getting mixed reviews on taste. >> find that hard to believe. >> the des moines register looks at the nation's top party schools. topping the list, the university of iowa, followed by the university of california santa barbara, university of illinois at urbana, champaign, west virginia university, the number one stone cold school is brigham young university in utah. >> where is georgetown? >> duke. i think it's right up there. britain's "the independent" a tourist snapped the finger off

a statue trying to measure it. he apologized but could receive a fine. >> 1 in five americans who go online use twitter. it still trails facebook used by a whooping 67% of americans. preet bharara is the united states attorney for the southern district of new york. sac capital with insider trading charged. it's owned by its namesake steven a. cohen who was not charged since announcing the indictment. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> the question is why indict the hedge fund and not the man who runs it? >> look, we bring cases when we have the evidence. and where the law gives us the ability to charge, sometimes, it's the case that individuals can be charged. and that's so you can get accountability. and sometimes, we charge a number of people at that particular place. and sometimes, it's the case that conduct is so pervasive and

there's so much that shouldn't be going on that is going on that justice prevails. >> you're saying all of this you did not have enough evidence to indict steven cohen, after all of this? >> as i said when we announced the charges, the investigation is ongoing and it's not closed. at this point, we indicted the hedge fund, as i said, at the time that we announced the case, because of the degree and nature and scope of misconduct that had gone on there laid out in great detail in the indictment. >> doesn't it bother you that you couldn't indict him? >> nothing bothers me. >> nothing. wow. >> except that i went to the wrong college, apparently. i need to get better glasses, apparently. >> yes. >> go ahead. >> let me just read you something that david anderson, he's a former u.s. attorney in san francisco. he said the problem with charging sac, it's say criminal case without a criminal. where's the body? >> well, there are a lot of bodies here. as we pointed out, we have

already taken guilty pleas from, i think, six individuals who committed misconduct while they were at s.a.c. capital. there were other people not identified by name in the indictment who were alleged to have committed insider trading activity. when you have that number of people, as i pointed out, again, when we announced the case, the scope and pervasiveness of the insider trading that went on at this particular place is unprecedented in the history of hedge funds. when you have that kind of activity, an indictment of the entire institution seems appropriate. >> but you must have believed that steven cohen had done something wrong to pursue him and the firm the way you have? you must have belief there is evidence i simply haven't found it? >> when there is evidence that there's something bad going on at any institution, we investigate it. the fbi investigates it with us. and the s.e.c. is also taking a look at it.

if we can improve a reasonable doubt against any individual, high or low, we bring the case. as i said, the case remains open. >> go ahead. >> yes, the case remains open. for those of our viewers who are not in new york, explain why pervasive insider trading is and why it matters? >> insider trading is so pervasive it has to be rampant in the polls. the evidence in our own office, over the course of 3 1/2 years we have convicted 74 individuals for insider trading for in some cases significant amounts of money. it's in every sector, the health care sector, the tech sector. geographic, west coast, east coast. people in insider companies. people at hedge funds. people who are at expert networking funds. >> and the cost to the consumer is? >> well, you know, the cost to the system is that people lose faith and confidence in the market. and i think people are very tired of people having lots and

lots of money, sometimes, billions of dollars who don't play by the same rules as anybody else. in this country, washington, albany or anywhere else, one set of rules. everybody has to follow the rules. if people don't like the rules they can write to their congressmen. but the rules are the rules. people are right to be upset that people think they can be so blase about it and cavalier about it that they can do what they want. wall street has a role to play to making sure that people are playing by the same rules. >> they used to call eliot spitzer the sheriff of wall street. now they call you the sheriff of wall street. >> is that a question? >> yes. do you like that? >> prosecutors can only do so much. we can indict a person, we can indict, sometimes, an institution like a hedge fund, whether you want that to get corrected whenever a financial institution or a company, people who are there, compliance officers, people in the general

council office, shareholders, all to care about the culture so it improves. >> you also prosecute terrorism. tell us what you just heard about al qaeda on the arabian peninsula. >> obviously, i can't talk about what's gone on in the last few hours. >> you have prosecuted before and you know the nature of the organization there? >> yeah we do. we take seriously, the military or department of justice or the intelligence office the threat of terrorism we take seriously. aqap has been a problem that we have taken seriously for quite a while. we arrested an individual who pled guilty 3 1/2 months ago. he had alleged conduct with al shabab, and he pled guilty and awaiting sentencing. and we got information from him. i think both people in my office and the fbi and intelligence agencies around the world take the threat of aqap very

seriously. >> what's in your future? would you be interested in president obama offered you the attorney general position? >> i like the job i have now. i have a great job. >> you're right on that. >> so what's the most important thing we need to know in terms of what's on your agenda now? >> well, we continue to look at crime on wall street. we continue to look at corruption. things that people don't spend as much attention on like gang violence. there are people who continue to walk to school without worrying about being shot. >> you contain it to the scope of the activity at the office? >> yeah, we do all sorts of things. the reason you invited me on the show to talk about a particular hedge fund and insider traders, we do thinks that make people of new york safer in the country and community a little safer. and i would that would get the attention as some of the other work that we do. you know him on

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♪ she used that opportunity to endanger our patients' life. >> i'm insisting she receive the treatment i'm asking for. >> she's a challenge. >> i didn't fire her because she's a challenge. i fired her because she's an obstacle. >> he's right. i'll just -- >> you will not quit this job. >> he played a brilliant and cynical dock for for eight seasons on the medical drama "house," now, he's making a name for himself as a musician. laurie just released his second album "didn't it rain" it's inspired by america's heartland. >> makes me feel like twice the man i used to be ♪ ♪ wild honey ♪

>> hugh laurie, welcome >> thank you. great to be here. >> are you a better actor than musician? >> well i would quibble first. i'm striving. every day i strive. it's been the thing i loved since i was very young. if i'm not any good at it, but i do love doing it. >> because? >> i can't explain it. it's just -- it is balm for the soul. there's something about music. we all know that we don't go home at the end of a long day and do acting. nobody goes home after a hard day and let's do some acting -- it's sort of not how we unwind. but we all turn music on. there's something about music that speaks to all of us in various ways. it's been sort of the biggest thing in my life for me. >> you have an interesting background. you started playing the piano when you were 6 years old.

>> i did. a frustrated musician your whole life, and yet, went into acting? >> yes, i -- but then i think so many people are. i've never met anybody who says i'm glad i gave up peti piano. i'm glad i put that behind me. everybody has that part of them that wishes to express some part of their sorrows or joys through music. that's been true for me. >> why did you choose american blues? >> it's the music i've loved since i can remember. if i may say, i'm no expert, but it seems to me that american folk and blues popular music is america's greatest gift to the world. it is the greatest art form i know of. and it's music that spoke to me since i was very, very young. and i suppose there would be some english people who would say why aren't you doing gilbert and sullivan or -- it just

didn't speak to me the way leadbelly does or muddy waters when i was young. when i first heard muddy waters it was just like an electric shock. i thought this is the most extraordinary thing i've ever heard. and i want to be in this place. >> when i think about the character, and to meet you, you see how the character is way beyond the text. that is, something about the way you are that has inhabited this character to make it so attractive. >> the character i fell in love with. it's part of a responsibility of an actor, i should say. to love the character that you're playing even if you're playing a dastardly villain, you have to find -- even dastardly villains don't walk around saying i'm a dastardly villain. >> what was it about the text that you decided to hang your hat on?

>> it was the character.en firs felt within about a page, i thought i know the person who wrote this. i feel like i know that person well. there's an attitude from the writer as well as within the character that i absolutely identify with. that i can see. i think i can see what he's going for. and this is something i really respond to. there's a wit to this and playfulness. >> this seems to me, the great thing about television. somebody can come along and find a character that they love and it has life over series of years. >> yeah. >> unlike the movies, unlike anything elsewhere you can really inhabit and live with and evolve. >> absolutely. absolutely. whereas, yeah, i think the movies have got to -- movies have got to tell stories -- although movies are getting longer >> yeah. >> these tv people, why can't i do a four-hour movie? it's true. you know, you have to -- movies

are -- an awful lot of movies are about what you leave out. you have to leave out to tell a compressed story. whereas, television is more like life. it goes on. >> hugh laurie, thank you. great to see you. >> thank you. >> congratulations on the album. we love the cover. >> thank you very much. >> "didn't it

♪ once upon a time, people wore glasses only if they needed them. now, they've become a fashion accessory, and as charlie dag ga th d'agata reports most of the most fashionable pairs come from a fashionable place. >> reporter: on the east side of

london, she's been making eyeglass frames from 1932, the oldest and one of its kind in britain. is it a factory or museum? >> it's a combination of both. >> reporter: which making peter 59er part storeman, part curator. >> that was made in berlin in 1921. >> reporter: 1921, that's got to be one of your oldest machines? >> this is oldest. is this over 100. >> reporter: it's helped generations see the world a bit more clearly. >> this modest factory has played a part in history in other ways. it's designed and created the famous frames of famous faces. after all, that little boy wizard would never have been the same without those, the magic was created right here. >> whoo! >> reporter: when you talk about harry potter you are immediately drawn to the glasses.

they are iconic. >> yes. >> reporter: they're as big a part of harry potter -- >> they're english. they're in your face. ♪ imagine all the people ♪ >> reporter: it's hard to imagine some faces without them. it's kind of a very british reason for that. the classic round-eyeglasses were the standard issue of the country's health service. a perfect fit for a working class hero like john lennon. ♪ >> reporter: and very rock 'n' roll. ♪ >> obviously, ozzy osbourne >> the prince of darkness? >> the prince of darkness. he's okay. >> reporter: every pair is made to measure. and no two faces are the same. >> i know at 64, you've got a

slightly larger nose, 22 millimeters. >> reporter: i'll pretend i'm not offended. shaping up pretty faces is a far cry from the factory's past when it saw britain through the war. making pilot goggles and gas masks. when it was over, nobody had much money, but they still needed glass and the factory delivered. why the understated humble style has withstood the test of time is anyone's guess but its enduring popularity is keeping this alive and history echoes with each frame it's made, one pair at a time. >> that really is good. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm charlie d'agata in london. >> you know, that's one of the things that make me proud of the show. great story telling. >> great story telling by charlie. we also have something to celebrate this morning. >> tell me what. >> you tell us. >> i got a message last night,

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